Viral betrothal on top of Huayna Potosi

Gina Justiniano reports for El Deber: Viral betrothal on top of Huayna Potosi Camilo Rendón uploaded photos and videos of his declaration to Flavia Cruz that had 1,273 likes and were shared 449 times. They are getting married next year. Camilo Rendón could not sleep. He was at 5,100 meters above sea level, camping, waiting…

Chacaltaya shows fossils of prehistoric marine fauna

El Diario reports: Chacaltaya shows fossils of prehistoric marine fauna The reduction of the ice mass exposed a fossil deposit of prehistoric marine fauna from the Silurian period some 420 to 400 million years ago. Bolivian paleontologist Rubén Andrade of the National Museum of Natural History confirmed the existence of the paleontological deposit that was…

Bolivia women’s rights groups hope revised law is step toward legal abortion

Myles McCormick reports for The Guardian: Bolivia women’s rights groups hope revised law is step toward legal abortion Procedure is currently illegal save for cases of rape, incest and health crises, a policy that activists say has encouraged dangerous clandestine abortions. Women’s rights groups in Bolivia hope that an overhaul of the country’s penal code…

Shocking! Climate, Economy, Family: Migration in the Bolivian Andes while Bolivian government does nothing about these!

William Julian reports for the GlacierHub: Climate, Economy, Family: Migration in the Bolivian Andes High in the Bolivian Andes, the pace of glacial retreat is accelerating, which may significantly decrease the amount of glacial meltwater available to streams and aquifers critical to farming communities in the region’s river basins. In addition to the long-term threat posed…